Great White Shark Tracker

[Tun@]

Cool Project!
Shark tracking integrated with google earth for viewing - http://sharks-ocearch.verite.com/

Quite some interesting movements in there:
Luis Antonio - 10ft/900LB Great White - Got from Gansbaai to Richards Bay in like 18 days!
Maureen - 14ft/2000LB Great White - Struisbaai up to Beira & now SE of Maurituis.
Madiba - East London to Saldanha

"Sharks' tab on the right - click on the name - then the "Profile tab" then click on the "where have i been"

This is "Madiba" who was only tagged on the 8th March 2012

 

[ponder]

http://www.whitesharktrust.org/migration.html

Check out Nicoles trip from SA to Oz and back again.

 

[Tun@]

http://www.whitesharktrust.org/migration.html

Check out Nicoles trip from SA to Oz and back again.

Is very interesting huh.
I always thought GW's stayed in cold water but the data shows otherwise.
Back in 2010 we caught a tagged Bluefin that was originally tagged in Oz 5 years prior,guess it may have gone back & forth a couple of times but here's the tagged location & the captured location from the data we were sent back from Oz.

 

[azbob]

They usually migrate down to appear on Shark Week.

 

[Indigogirl]

Great post! Fascinating stuff. Saw three of the GWs lolling around in Fish Hoek Bay last summer - just off the back line. Quite a sight. Thanks for the links.

 

[Moosedrool]

They should now give them facebook profiles.

Status updates:
Phillip just entered Gans Bay.
Susan had seal for lunch.
etc...

 

[Tacet]

Susan had seal for lunch.
etc...

I guess there's probably similar projects for seals, with names and all:

Susan had Doreen for lunch.

 

[Tun@]

OT but LOL

[video]http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82796234/[/video]

 

[Moosedrool]

^Potato Bass stealing your catch yo.